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Options Improving for Patients With Acromegaly and Gigantism

...eral studies document a seven- to 12-year gap from symptom onset to time of diagnosis. During this time the children get bigger and their hormones get higher and the tissue damage gets worse. Therefore, the earlier we can diagnose and treat the disease, the more effectively we can control the negative implic...

Exertion Incontinence - A Common Postnatal Problem

...at most of the women were troubled by at least one symptom for their entire first year, and that a quarter of them had five or more symptoms. The most common complaint was exertion incontinence, which no less than 22% of the women suffered a year after childbirth. "This is serious, as it’s often a chronic ...

A Basic Symptom Index For Early Detection Of Ovarian Cancer

...may be recognizable and could be used to develop a symptom index for early disease. Led by Barbara A. Goff, M...y diagnosed with ovarian cancer to develop a basic symptom index to screen for ovarian cancer. They found "that a relatively simple evaluation of symptoms of...

Research In A New Direction To Develop Innovative Psychotropic Drugs

...un to understand that a combination of several key symptom modalities may need to be addressed separately. "Some early studies are suggesting that we are looking at the wrong targets for mood disorders. Until we have treatments that make it into the clinical setting, we won't fully know the usefulness of sin...

Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective for Some Schizophrenia Patients

...e second generation antipsychotics, with regard to symptom relief and side effect burden. The findings echo what was implied in the results of the first phase of CATIE, expanding the treatment options for patients with schizophrenia. It casts doubt on the notion that the second generation antipsychotics a...

Millions with Arthritis May Benefit from Bone Loss Drug

...cartilage that cushions the knee joint, a hallmark symptom of osteoarthritis. Reporting in the most recent issue of the medical journal Arthritis & Rheumatism, Bingham and his team said study participants were given either a placebo or risedronate at a range of doses, including the standard doses normally ...

Exercise Intolerance In Heart Failure Patients Is Explored By Researchers

...ced tolerance for physical activity is the primary symptom of diastolic heart failure, and it greatly affects...ortant because exercise intolerance is the primary symptom of patients with diastolic failure,' said Hundley. 'It suggests that factors other than leg blood fl...

Migraine Sufferers More at Risk of Heart Attack

...l neurological condition, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Men with migraines were more likely to have high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol levels, compared to men who didn't have migraines, a study done on 20,084 men revealed. Tobias Kurth, assistan...

Holiday Season Could Ring in “Heartburn Season

...l reflux disease, or GERD, may result. The primary symptom is heartburn. “As a general rule of thumb anything that tastes really good is likely to give you heartburn,” Dr. Spechler said. “And the reason is the fat content. Fat does a lot of things that promote heartburn. It stops the stomach from emptying ...

Research Questions Use of Sleep Meds for Patients with Apnea

...tion of the trial, all patients showed significant symptom improvement on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire (FOSQ). Baseline demographics revealed no difference in age, body mass index, ESS, FOSQ, nadir oxygen saturation, or CPAP pressure setting among the thre...

Eye could reveal serious health disorder

...in the eye, leading to leaking blood vessels. This symptom is also linked to diabetes, which, if untreated, c...rain tumor. A swollen, pale optic nerve could be a symptom of multiple sclerosis. And high blood pressure will cause blood vessels to burst and haemorrhages to...

New Rhinosinusitis Clinical Trials Guidance Developed

...f antimicrobials, anti-inflammatory treatment, and symptom reliever or mediator blocker treatments. ?Recommending scoring instruments for symptoms, radiographs, endoscopic testing, and quality of life assessment. ?Recommending techniques for quantifying microbiologic factors, assessing inflammatory indices, ...

Some Evidence Shows Chinese Herbal Medicine Helps Angina Patients

...rt fails to get enough blood. It often occurs as a symptom of coronary artery disease, the most common type of heart disease. With stable angina, patients experience a regular pattern of chest pain. In unstable angina, patients experience unpredictable pain due to a restriction or blockage in blood flow. A...

Gender and Family Size Influences IBS Symptoms in Children

... suggests that perhaps girls in large families use symptom complaints as a means of getting attention. In comparison, mothers who do have IBS rate girls as having greater pain than boys in small but not large families. Dr. Langer explains, “The acquisition of illness behavior by daughters of women with IBS...

Iodine Deficiency: A Global Initiative to Weed Out the Problem

...t deserves, although, ‘goiter’, which is a visible symptom of the deficiency, can be a spot on an otherwise flawless appearance. Far from just the looks of it, iodine deficiency can cause deleterious effects on the brain, and can trigger a major setback to the social and economic development of many countrie...

Zaditor? - over-the-counter drug for itchy eyes

...ve time and money without sacrificing long-lasting symptom relief." Zaditor is the only OTC drop to treat eye itch associated with pollen, ragweed, grass, animal hair and dander without the potentially negative effects of a decongestant. Many OTC eye drops contain topical decongestants, which constrict the...

Risk of Suicide in Cancer Patients

... their families, more support and providing better symptom control we might be able to foster the desire to continue living.” A combined analysis of both men and women revealed that cancer with the highest suicide rates were those of the lung and bronchus, head and neck, bladder, myeloma and oesophagus. Bre...

Hemorrhoid Stapling Has More Long-Term Risks Than Surgical Removal

...th a greater risk of hemorrhoid recurrence and the symptom of prolapse in long-term follow-up compared to conventional excisional surgery,” said lead investigator Shiva Jayaraman Colquhoun, M.D. “If surgeons are to offer this novel technique to their patients, there should be an informed discussion of the ...

IBS Sufferers Benefited by Non-Absorbable Antibiotics

...articipants were required to complete an extensive symptom questionnaire at the start of the study and then w...erology, Pimentel linked bloating, the most common symptom of IBS, to bacterial fermentation by giving lactulose breath tests to participants. This test moni...

Potential Link Between Celiac Disease and Cognitive Decline

...ne within two years of the onset of celiac disease symptom onset or worsening.” Says Joseph Murray, M.D., M...ly following a gluten-free diet may result in some symptom improvement, he says. For those with cognitive decline without a confirmed diagnosis of celiac disea...

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